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Color Correction
Has your Do-It-Yourself Hair Color ended in horrible results? Leave it to us the professionals to fix it. There are several reason for a color correction; a change in season, a reinvention, or perhaps it was a home hair color gone wrong. Whatever the reason here are a few things you should know.
Going from a darker shade to lighter shade – requires the use of a De-colorizer and other materials. The techniques used will vary based on your desired outcome. We prefer to do a strand test to ensure that the hair is healthy enough to go through this lightening process. A small sample of hair is taken (usually from the back of the head) placed in a foil and then processed. Within 20 minutes we will be able to see your hair color history and determine how light we can get the hair without losing the integrity of it. Upon the results of the strand test we will provide you with a rough estimate as to what your hair services will cost, along with recommend products to use at home.
Going from a lighter shade to darker shade – Blonde or light color hair has very little color pigment in it. Applying a darker shade directly to your blonde or light hair will simply make it appear spotted and dull. Therefore, we must fill the hair with the missing underlying pigment using a multi-step process. This is slightly more complicated than a double process and is also priced by the hour. Sometimes a color correction cannot be performed in a single visit. Sometimes it takes a few sessions to achieve in which case we will do all we can and send you home with products made to help revive the health of your hair and get it ready for the follow up visit for your hair services.
Hair Color Glossary
Baby-lights are essentially highlights that are weaved super tight and thin. Smaller gaps are left between foils if any. Gives maximum coverage with little dimension. This hair services requires many hours to perform. Maintenance every 10 – 12 weeks.
Balayage is a freehand technique where highlights are strategically swept on to your strands to illuminate particular areas. It creates a seamless, natural lived in look. Balayage highlights are usually just a few shades lighter than your base color, giving your locks depth and dimension. Balayage will always give a more subtle result than traditional highlights. Balayage touch up around 3-6 months is pretty normal. With that being said, we do recommend coming in at least every 8 weeks to get a toner as brassy tones will begin to peak through.
Block Color/Color Blocking is coloring a select section or sections of hair in a contrasting shade so it stands out against the rest of your mane. Sectioning out different shapes around the head will give you various results. Maintain as needed.
Color Melt is a technique that combines multiple shades in one design. Colors blend together seamlessly without visible lines.
A double process color refers to a two-step service. This is generally done by lightening the hair first, then applying an overlay or gloss. Maintenance every 4-6 weeks.
Foil-yage is a lightening technique that mimics balayage. Instead of sections left open to air, these sections of hair are placed in a foil to achieve maximum lift. This technique is perfect for brunettes wanting to be as blonde as possible. Maintenance 3 -6 months or as needed.
Global blonde-ing describes hair services that achieves blonde as your dominant color. This service can take 4-7 hours.
Traditional Highlights uses foiling techniques in which strands of hair are strategically lightened from root to the ends in a specific sectioning pattern leaving some natural hair in between each foil. Traditional highlights need touching up roughly every 6-8 weeks as the new growth can be really obvious.
Lowlights uses a similar technique as highlights, but with a darker color weaved through select strands to bring dimension back into the hair. Lowlights are typically used if a client has been getting highlights for a while and has lost depth to the hair color. Maintain as needed.
The Money Piece is a bright, face-framing highlight that focuses more on the front of your hairline.
Ombre is a gradation of your base hair color that fades to a lighter hair color toward the ends. Many techniques can be applied depending on our starting canvas. This hair services is low maintenance once established. Touch up as you prefer.
Partial Anything is just half of the head being lightened (typically placed around the face for a brightening effect) whereas a full highlight involves highlighting every section of your hair.
Root Smudge / Shadow Root is a technique used specifically to blur lines of demarcation. It involves applying a color formula close to the client’s base color and then “smudging” it into the shaft of the hair. This creates a softer transition between the root and the lightened hair and helps eliminate strong regrowth as your hair grows out. Shadowing adds depth to create dimension.
A single process refers to any color service that is done in one step. It can also be referred to as a base color or a root touch up, but it is not restricted to coloring just the new growth, the “roots”. Hair color that is applied to the new growth or all over from roots to ends. Maintenance every 4 – 6 weeks.
Sombre like Ombre, a gradation of color that fades to lighter ends but more subtle in tones.
Teasy-light is a technique that may be used during your color service.. The hair is teased prior to your colorist weaving or hand-painting your hair with highlights. Your colorist will softly backcomb or tease small sections of hair before applying the lightener. This will diffuse the blend between the lift and the base tone.
Toner / Gloss / Glaze is hair color that is used to enhance or neutralize unwanted tones. It imparts shine and gives you a polished finish. Maintain as needed.
Wet Balayage is exactly what it sounds like. It’s applying lightener onto damp hair after the hair has been washed and towel-dried. It’s a quick and gentle way to brighten old, dulled-out blonde ends. Maintenance as needed.